I can't answer your question but just wanted to drop by & offer some encouragement. I too had 3 m/c's before my successful birth. I'd had a lot of testing done over the years because of infertility & nothing was ever found to be wrong. I was never given a reason for my losses as they were all early ones. For me it was a case of 4th time lucky without any medical assistance. I hope it's 4th time lucky for you too.
Satya - thank u for your words of encouragement I often feel like i am never going to be able to carry a pregnancy to term (especially when doctors etc are unwilling to help/support me) but hearing success stories like yours gives me hope.
Congratulations on your successful birth. I hope all is going well
I will cut a long story short. This is not advice. This is just my story.
I fell pregnant after 9 months of trying. I was 36. At 11 1/2 week I lost the baby. After another 9 months I fell pregnant again. This was eptopic and again I lost the baby. I went to a fertility doctor. Clomid - nothing. Injected hormones into my stomach - nothing. I then started assisted conception. I was still injecting hormones into my stomach, being scanned and my eggs measured, then receiving an injection to release the eggs and then I was getting assisted conception (you've heard the story's of the turkey baster). Anyway I fell pregnant the first time. Lasted for 7 weeks. Left it a month, repeated the whole process, fell pregnant again. Lasted 8 weeks. By this time when I got a positive pregnancy test instead of being over the moon like most people, my husband and I would think "how long's this going to last".
My girlfriend told me about asprin. She to had my miscarriages (now got three kids). I told my fertility doctor about it. He said "There is no scientific proof that asprin works and in fact could be dangerous". I was desperate so I went on Astrix which is 100mg of asprin (asprin is 300mg). Went through the whole process again in January, fell pregnant, waited for 7 weeks. No miscarriage. I had a beautiful, healthy baby boy. I told my gyno I was on Astrix. He said to stop taking it at 38 weeks. He didn't seem surprised or anxious about it. When my son was six months I started to try again naturally (thinking if nothing worked I would go back to my fertility doctor). I started Folic Acid and Astrix. Fell pregnant straight away and had a beautiful healthy daughter. My friend on IVF also took Astrix after many failed attempts and had twins.
I I took 1 Astrix tablet every day I was pregnant and quite after 38 weeks. My gyno knew I was on it. I am not giving your advice. I am just telling you my story.
Wow you went through an awful lot Congratulations on your successful pregnancies.
I only take a low dose of aspirin (75mg) every other day. This did not help me as i was taking it when i suffered the thrid miscarriage. I have never heard of Astrix so thank you for sharing your info. It definitly gives me something to think about.
HI don23....I've just had my second miscarriage (about 2 weeks ago now) and when I asked my OB about progesterone injections etc he's a non believer, basically he told me that the progesterone is only prolonging the inevitable, if its a non viable pregnancy from conception then it will eventually not progress, which I believe has been the case for me. I do believe that ladies who are on IVF are prescribed it, my friend whom I work with is going through this right now, this is her 4th attempt and she has miscarried before. Satya - my OB recommended 100mg of aspirin too and that I can safetly take it up to 34 weeks, however he does want to moniter me as soon as I fall again, I was told to leave it a month and then try again and thats because of my age, he said usually he recommends 3 months wait after a miscarriage but because Im 37 we can't really leave it too long. I'm hoping the aspirin works, chast tree supplement is a natural type of aspirin it does the same thing (thins the blood) and my chinese herbalist had recommended it when I first started going to her but I ceased taking it because I kept getting nose bleeds...now I think about it I should've kept taking it because that was before I fell pg the first time!
Anyway Don23 if your not happy with your current gyno look for another one or contact a fertility centre, they may also be able to assist you.
Hope this has helped in some way....goodluck ttcing
Mannie - so sorry to hear of you loses that the asprin helps you.
I think my gyno has prescribed the progesterone with the hope that it may help with implantation, which could be the reason i have had such early loses. I guess its like a stab in the dark but I was eager to try 'something'. I feel so helpless. My concerns are that if i start taking the progesterone too early (he says cd 10-25 and then i have to stop - BFP or not) that i will stop ovulation altogether. I cant find much info. on the net about this. I have now started looking into private clinics, hoping that they will be a little more pro-active.
Sorry its a bit late, but the brand of OPK that I had the most luck with was Confirm. All the others (and I tried quite a few! LOL) I had mixed success with, they worked some months and not others. But that may also be due to my weird cycles too....although the last cycle I fell pg I never got a pos OPK and I wasn't doing IVF back then.
Good luck with the private clinic, hopefully they will be able to help you more than the ob. BTW, my clinic check your prog when you get a BFP and only get you to stop if the levels are looking good. Otherwise they keep you on it until about 12 weeks I think, but don't quote me on that!
Hi megsmum, thank you, il try and get some of those ready for my next cycle....i dont think this one is going to amount to anything but AF!! (will be due in 4-6 days) When i do get a bfp i will definitly insist that my levels are checked st. away...whether they will actually test them is another matter
Progesterone does work!! Read the stories on lowprogesteroneinpregnancy.com. Many doctors don't even consider it a problem. Women have had to change their doctors to get someone to listen to them. Progesterone is not harmful. It will not harm you or the baby and many women believe it works. Read the stories yourself. I am going to insist on taking progesterone suppositories whether my doctor likes it or not.
Don - i so wish i had of found this thread earlier!
i think im the one that Kitt3n was talking about!
i had progesterone problems which was found out after 2 miscarriages, and due to progesterone pessaries and injections i have not long given birth to a healthy baby girl!
Im under the belief that the pessaries are meant to be started after ovualtion! As that is what happened for me!
If u have ANY questions - feel free to PM me or email me - tho i really do hope that u get a chrissy baby!
hello, thank you all for your replies, it really does mean a lot!!
Well, i used opks my last cycle and got a positve on cd 11. I began using the progesterone on cd 13 and i got a nice BFP on cd 25 I have been advised to carry on with the progesterone by my local EPU which i am very happy about as i feel that at least i am trying something!
I am terrified and look forward to each day ending, knowing that every day that ends, i am an extra day pregnant. I have had NO symptoms which i am very worried about.(I am worried that the progesterone is stopping any bleeding from occuring) I had some nausea for a few days last week and slightly sore boobs but i know this is caused by the progesterone. So i am keeping everything crossed and that this is the one! My EPU have told me to go in when/if i reach 7 weeks for a scan (i am 5w3d today).
It is actually my second angels due date tomorrow (xmas day) so am having mixed emotions at the moment but trying to stay calm and stressfree!
Good luck to all of you that are TTC, i hope you all get your forever babies very soon!!
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I often feel like i am never going to be able to carry a pregnancy to term (especially when doctors etc are unwilling to help/support me) but hearing success stories like yours gives me hope.
Congratulations on your successful pregnancies.
that the asprin helps you.
with your ttc journey
and I wasn't doing IVF back then.
(will be due in 4-6 days) When i do get a bfp i will definitly insist that my levels are checked st. away...whether they will actually test them is another matter
I have been advised to carry on with the progesterone by my local EPU which i am very happy about as i feel that at least i am trying something!
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